"all the characters on the show are human, and they inhabit a world that (mostly) resembles our own. Avi Shwooper, a lapsed Jew and a father working for a Spotify stand-in, is the closest thing the show has to a main character. But rather than focusing on just Avi, "Long Story Short" ambitiously delves into the lives of three generations of Avi's family across a timeline that jumps around from the 1990s to the 2020s."
"But don't expect to see scenes set on the Golden Gate Bridge or at Alcatraz. The story unfolds in pockets of the Bay Area less commonly portrayed on television, like Mountain View, Santa Rosa and the Rockridge BART Station. The show even plays on Bay Area subregional stereotypes, most notably during one incredibly funny episode about a night out in San Francisco's Marina District and another about faux-hippie East Bay private schools."
Long Story Short is an animated comedy-drama set in Bay Area suburbs that follows three generations of the Schwartz/Shwooper family across nonlinear timelines from the 1990s to the 2020s. The show centers on Avi Shwooper, a lapsed Jew and father who works for a music-streaming company, but consistently shifts focus among relatives. Creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg revisits Palo Alto and Bay Area locales like Mountain View, Santa Rosa and Rockridge, using regional stereotypes for humor. The voice cast includes Abbi Jacobson, Max Greenfield, Ben Feldman, Nicole Breyer and Lisa Edelstein, whose matriarchal Naomi anchors the series.
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